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[–]yousaythosethings 84 insightful - 4 fun84 insightful - 3 fun85 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

This is a step in the right direction and I hope it’s the first of many. I’m still wrapping my mind around Emma Watson donating to Mermaids and encouraging others to do the same after TRAs hurled violent threats at JK Rowling for acting as a whistleblower (which Emma utterly ignored). I used to really respect Emma but I hold her to a higher standard as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and self-proclaimed feminist. Anyone who spends 5 minutes looking into Mermaids should realize that something doesn’t smell right. Why Emma is incapable of seeing the women’s rights issues at play given her station and education is beyond me.

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    [–]yousaythosethings 36 insightful - 1 fun36 insightful - 0 fun37 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Ahem, Margaret Atwood. . . .

    [–]mangosplums 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Didn’t Margaret Atwood sign a pro free speech petition in favor of jk Rowling?

    [–]yousaythosethings 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    She signed a free speech petition, but not one specifically related to JK Rowling, right after tweeting about sex not being a binary and implying that the female sex cannot be defined. https://twitter.com/MargaretAtwood/status/1280262917506641922

    Margaret is constantly tweeting about authoritarianism, but specifically focused on Trump, so I'm not exactly sure what she had in mind in signing the petition but it likely wasn't JK Rowling. JK Rowling just happened to sign the same petition.

    [–]denverkris 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    well, looks like she got thoroughly routed in the replies. thankfully.